Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Hundreds gathered in Makkah on Friday to bid farewell to Saudi scholar Mohammed Al-Qassim, who was fatally stabbed last week in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the place he was learning.
#VIDEO: Hundreds collect on the Grand Mosque in Makkah for the Janazah prayer of Mohammed Al Qasim, a 21-year-old scholar and volunteer at Masjid Al Haram, who was tragically murdered within the UK.
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Mourners carried out funeral prayers for the 21-year-old on the Grand Mosque following Friday prayers earlier than his burial on the Al-Shuhada Cemetery.
British police have charged a 21-year-old man from Cambridge with homicide in reference to the incident and arrested a second man in his 50s on suspicion of helping the offender.
The primary suspect, recognized as Charles Corrigan, appeared earlier than Cambridge Crown Court docket on Wednesday, the place he denied the costs, claiming self-defense.
The court docket scheduled a listening to on Sept. 8 to evaluation a movement to reinstate the homicide cost earlier than a full trial in February. Bail was denied.